John Senan Cole CBE is an architect from Northern Ireland. Previously working with the Northern Ireland Civil Service, as of 2021 he was an "independent consultant [..for..] public-sector infrastructure projects". [1]
From 1996 to 1998, he served as president of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects.[ citation needed]
He was chief executive of Health Estates Agency (2003-2008) and later deputy secretary and chief estates officer at DHSSPS from 2008-2013.[ citation needed]
In 2013, he retired from the role of deputy secretary and chief estates pfficer (DHSSPS). Also in 2013, he was commissioned to revise the DCAL Policy for Architecture and the Built Environment.[ citation needed]
In 2016, he was commissioned to review the closure of several schools in the City of Edinburgh Council area. [2] The resulting report, titled "Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools", also known as the "Cole Report", was published in February 2017. [3]
John Senan Cole CBE is an architect from Northern Ireland. Previously working with the Northern Ireland Civil Service, as of 2021 he was an "independent consultant [..for..] public-sector infrastructure projects". [1]
From 1996 to 1998, he served as president of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects.[ citation needed]
He was chief executive of Health Estates Agency (2003-2008) and later deputy secretary and chief estates officer at DHSSPS from 2008-2013.[ citation needed]
In 2013, he retired from the role of deputy secretary and chief estates pfficer (DHSSPS). Also in 2013, he was commissioned to revise the DCAL Policy for Architecture and the Built Environment.[ citation needed]
In 2016, he was commissioned to review the closure of several schools in the City of Edinburgh Council area. [2] The resulting report, titled "Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Construction of Edinburgh Schools", also known as the "Cole Report", was published in February 2017. [3]